European Dressage Championship
The European Dressage Championship are the European Championship for the equestrian discipline of dressage. They are now held every 2 years, in odd-numbered years. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals are awarded in both an individual and team competition. There is also a Championship held for juniors, young riders, and ponies.
History
First time in 1963 an official European Dressage Championship was held. Before this time, beginning in the 1950s, the FEI has held one time each year the „FEI Grand Prix“. The winners of this events were referred to as European champions.
At the official first European Dressage Championship in 1963 it was possible to start with more than one horse - so each rider can win more than one individual medal. Today each rider can start only with one horse.
The history of team medals start at the European Dressage Championships in 1965. Two years before, only Great Britain and Romania start with three riders at the European Championships (three riders are necessary for a team). But the rules say that a minimum number of three teams has to start in the team competition - so no team medals were awarded in 1963. From 1963 to 2005, each European Dressage Championship team competition was won by the team of the Federal Republik of Germany. In 2007 the Dutch team win this competition.
Up to 1991 only one individual prize giving was held. In 1993 and 1995 two individual competitions was held—the Grand Prix Spécial and the Grand Prix Freestyle (also called Grand Prix Kür). The riders had to choose, in which of the two individual competitions they want start.
In 1997 the rules were changed again: The riders had to start in the Grand Prix de Dressage (the team competition), in the Grand Prix Spécial and the Grand Prix Freestyle. At the end of this competitions only one individual prize giving was held. Since 2005 the riders can win an individual in the Grand Prix Spécial and also in the Grand Prix Freestyle. A Rider who want to start in the Grand Prix Freestyle must start also in the Grand Prix Spécial.[1]
In 2003 the European Dressage Championship was held as Open European Dressage Championship, but also a (closed) European Championship was calculated based on the result.
Individual results
Individual medalists | |||||
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Year | Location | Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
1963 | Copenhagen | Individual | Henri Chammartin on Wolfdietrich | Harry Boldt on Remus | Henri Chammartin on Woerman |
1965 | Copenhagen | Individual | Henri Chammartin on Wolfdietrich | Harry Boldt on Remus | Reiner Klimke on Arcadius |
1967 | Aachen | Individual | Reiner Klimke on Dux | Ivan Kizimov on Ichor | Harry Boldt on Remus |
1969 | Wolfsburg | Individual | Liselott Lisenhoff on Piaff | Ivan Kizimov on Ichor | Josef Neckermann on Mariano |
1971 | Wolfsburg | Individual | Liselott Lisenhoff on Piaff | Josef Neckermann on Van Eick | Ivan Kizimov on Ichor |
1973 | Aachen | Individual | Reiner Klimke on Mehmed | Elena Petushkova on Pepel | Ivan Kalita on Tarif |
1975 | Kiev | Individual | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Harry Boldt on Woyceck | Karin Schlüter on Liostro |
1977 | St. Gallen | Individual | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Harry Boldt on Woyceck | Uwe Schulten-Baumer on Silbowitz |
1979 | Aarhus | Individual | Elisabeth Theurer on Mon Chéri | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Harry Boldt on Woyceck |
1981 | Laxenburg | Individual | Uwe Schulten-Baumer on Madras | Christine Stückelberger on Granat | Gabriela Grillo on Galapagos |
1983 | Aachen | Individual | Anne Grethe Jensen on Marzog | Reiner Klimke on Ahlerich | Uwe Sauer on Montevideo |
1985 | Copenhagen | Individual | Reiner Klimke on Ahlerich | Otto Hofer on Limandus | Anne Grethe Jensen on Marzog |
1987 | Goodwood | Individual | Margit Otto-Crépin on Corlandus | Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff on Courage | Johann Hinnemann on Ideaal |
1989 | Mondorf | Individual | Nicole Uphoff on Rembrandt | Margit Otto-Crépin on Corlandus | Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff on Courage |
1991 | Donaueschingen | Spécial | Isabell Werth on Gigolo | Nicole Uphoff on Rembrandt | Margit Otto-Crépin on Corlandus |
Freestyle | Sven Rothenberger on Andiamo | Klaus Balkenhol on Goldstern | Nina Menkova on Dixon | ||
1993 | Lipica | Spécial | Isabell Werth on Gigolo | Monica Theodorescu on Grunox | Emile Faurie on Virtu |
Freestyle | Nicole Uphoff on Rembrandt | Sven Rothenberger on Andiamo | Gyula Dallos on Aktion | ||
1995 | Mondorf | Individual | Isabell Werth on Gigolo | Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire | Sven Rothenberger on Bo |
1997 | Verden | Individual | Isabell Werth on Gigolo | Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire | Karin Rehbein on Donnerhall |
1999 | Arnhem | Individual | Anky van Grunsven on Bonfire | Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty | Arjen Teeuwissen on Goliath |
2001 | Verden | Individual | Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty | Arjen Teeuwissen on Goliath | Nadine Capellmann on Farbenfroh |
2003 | Hickstead | Individual | Ulla Salzgeber on Rusty | Jan Brink on Briar | Beatriz Ferrer-Salat on Beauvalais |
2005 | Hagen | Individual | Anky van Grunsven on Salinero | Hubertus Schmidt on Wansuela Suerte | Jan Brink on Briar |
2007 | La Mandria | Spécial | Anky van Grunsven on Salinero | Isabell Werth on Satchmo | Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise |
Freestyle | Isabell Werth on Satchmo | Anky van Grunsven on Salinero | Imke Schellekens-Bartels on Sunrise | ||
2009 | Windsor | Spécial | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Edward Gal on Totilas | Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris |
Freestyle | Edward Gal on Totilas | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Anky van Grunsven on Salinero | ||
2011 | Rotterdam | Spécial | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Carl Hester on Uthopia | Laura Bechtolsheimer on Mistral Hojris |
Freestyle | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | Carl Hester on Uthopia | Patrik Kittel on Scandic | ||
2013 | Herning | Spécial | Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro | Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival |
Freestyle | Charlotte Dujardin on Valegro | Helen Langehanenberg on Damon Hill | Adelinde Cornelissen on Parzival | ||
2015 | Aachen | Spécial | |||
Freestyle | |||||
2017 | Gothenburg | Spécial | |||
Freestyle |